Ryan Davidson 

 

1.What were your majors/minors?

Health and PE major. APE minor
 

2.Are you APENS Certified?

 No
 

3. How has the minor affected you?

Made me really appreciate what I have. Made me gain a ton of respect for those with disabilities, all the kids I met and worked with never used it as a crutch. Made me a more well rounded teacher
 

4. Where are you now?

Bensalem School District
Elementary PE teacher
 

6. A quick word of advice for future adapted minors or for parents looking for an adapted PE professional.

Get what you can get out of it and appreciate all the work Doc puts into it. There is NO ONE like her. You will never meet someone like Doc again so gain as much experience as you can in your 3-5 years at WCU. Never get discouraged, the kids are happy as hell to be there with you, leave your problems at the door because they have way worse problems.

 

Stanley Sauk Jr. 

 

1. What were your Majors/Minors?
WCU 2012: Major- Kinesiology, Health and Physical Education Teacher Cert

Minors- Adapted Physical Education, Coaching, and Health

2. Are you APENS certified?
Yes

3. How has the minor affected you?

The WCU APE minor has adversely changed the person I am. Through this minor I have found my calling in teaching and a purpose for what I do. Doc Lepore has been the biggest influence on my life next to my parents. She has shown me what it means to have patience, compassion, and love for what she does, and to always see the best in everyone and everything. I will forever be grateful for my time at WCU and for the people I have met through this minor who have made me a better person. Thank you.

4. Where are you now?
I am currently finishing my masters degree at the University of Virginia in Adapted Physical Education. I will be employed by the Little Keswick School in Virginia as the full time Physical Education teacher. The Little Keswick School is a private therapeutic boarding school for students who have bipolar, stress, anxiety, and emotional disorders.

5. What are your future goals?

To eventually become a "Doc Lepore" and establish an APE program at a university.

6. A quick word of advice for future adapted minors or for parents looking for an adapted PE professional.

Is treating everyone the same treating everyone fairly?

 

Shane McManus 

 

1. What were your majors/minors?

Health and Physical Education Major

Health and Adapted Physical Education Minors

 

2. Are you APENS certified?

Yes

 

3. How has the minor affected you?

My adapted physical education minor opened a whole new world of physical education to me. I fell in love with teaching adapted physical education and can’t imagine doing anything else.

 

4. Where are you now?  

School District of Lancaster as an adapted physical education teacher.

 

5. What are your future goals?

My future goal is to Coach a Special Olympics sports team.

 

6. A quick word of advice for future APE minors or for parents looking for an APE professional.

 The adapted physical education minor may be hard work but the experience you gain, the people you meet, and the students you impact will be worth it. 

 

Alex Specht 

 

1. What were your Majors/Minors?

Health and PE and Adapted PE

 

2. Are you APENS certified?

Not yet
 

3. How has the minor affected you?

I learned so much from each and every athlete that was involved in the program. After joining the minor, my life has changed completely and I have participated in and traveled to places I would never have thought about before to work with the athletes. I found out that I wasn't the teacher, I was the student. The athletes taught me more than I could ever teach them.
 

4. Where are you now?

Not employed at a school temporarily.
 

5. What are your future goals?

Looking to further my education and gain a Master's in Adapted PE from either SUNY Brockport, Ohio State University or the University of Virginia
 

6. A quick word of advice for future adapted minors or for parents looking for an adapted PE professional.

Be patient and have fun!!